AT THE BEACH | Nahoon contest becomes an adventure for young surfers

The waves roar and the sardines soar as competitors battle approaching winter’s challenge

“Happiness is a boat that is easily capsized and the waves are always there. If your philosophy is one of impulsive happiness, then you are not prepared when all hell breaks loose. And all hell will break through at some point in your life. So if what floats your boat is happiness, you are going to be capsized by the first decent wave. You might ask yourself what you have instead of happiness that might be even more reliable, and I do think that adventure is more reliable than happiness” — Jordan B Peterson.

This last weekend I went to watch the Rip Curl Grom Search contest at Nahoon Reef. The waves stood up and roared and a shoal of sardines came through on Saturday afternoon to postpone some of the finals to Sunday. What an adventure. ..

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